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$25,000 bill for not removing painted cans on silos

9:27 AM,
Feb. 19, 2013

The City Council Monday night approved paying $25,000 to Balestrieri, a Milwaukee industrial services company, for last November not power washing off the painted Anheuser-Busch beer cans on the side of downtown silos.

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The City Council Monday night approved paying $25,000 to Balestrieri, a Milwaukee industrial services company, for not power washing off the painted Anheuser-Busch beer cans on the side of downtown silos last November. The company had already removed overlying vinyl banners.

But several council members expressed intense disappointment with the process that led to Mayor Justin Nickels to authorize paying Balestrieri a cancellation fee company officials said was due because of committed personnel and equipment for the paint removal part of the job.